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AHA MEDIA visits Quest Food Exchange Store on Hastings Street in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)

August 27, 2009 ahamedia 2 comments

AHA MEDIA visits Quest Food Exchange Store on East Hastings Street by Gore in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES). It is a very affordable place to buy groceries. For example, a bag of buns is only 10 cents! One must have a Quest membership card to be able to shop at Quest and most shoppers are referred by Welfare or other social service agencies.

http://www.questoutreach.org/

ABOUT QUEST

The Quest Food Exchange is operated by the Quest Outreach Society, a registered not-for-profit organization founded in 1990. The mandate of Quest Food Exchange is to pick up non-marketable food from every sector of the food industry and redistribute it to those in need, benefiting individuals, communities and the environment. In its 2007/2008 fiscal year, Quest collected $7.12 million worth of food from 343 food suppliers. This rescued food was diverted to Lower Mainland social service agency partners for distribution. Quest now serves more than 244 social service agencies feeding 40,000 people each month.

OUR SERVICES BENEFIT:

Individuals: We provide food to kitchens serving homeless and street people in Vancouver’s downtown eastside; we prepare hot meals in our own kitchens that are distributed through various outreach programs; and we distribute low-cost, high-quality food to individuals referred by social service agencies.

Communities: We supply food to hundreds of outreach programs ranging from neighbourhood houses, women’s shelters, halfway houses, recovery centres, street youth, and school lunch programs, and more. This not only helps feed the people they serve, but it also enables these organizations to focus on their unique mission to serve the community.

The environment: By diverting food from the landfill, Quest prevented the release of 3,290 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents last year. We also recycle food packaging, and help turn food waste into animal feed and compost.

AREAS WE SERVE:

Quest’s service area in B.C. currently extends throughout the Lower Mainland, including Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, North Vancouver, Richmond, Surrey, the Tri-cities and Maple Ridge.

Below are happy testimonials from area residents:

Below is Peter Davies of AHA MEDIA enjoying his time at Quest Food Exchange Store

Categories: AHA Media, April Smith, Citizen Journalism, Downtown Eastside, DTES, Hastings Street, Hyper Local Citizen Journalism, Media Coverage, Mobile Cameraphone Film and Video, Mobile Media Production, New Media, Social Enterprise, Social Media, Twitter, Vancouver Downtown Eastside

AHA MEDIA is very proud to have one of their photos of Oppenheimer Park selected for inclusion in newly released eighth editon of Schmap Vancouver Guide !

August 25, 2009 ahamedia Leave a comment

From:	Emma J. Williams Emma Williams
Subject:	Schmap Vancouver Eighth Edition: Photo Inclusion
	Hi AHA Media,I am delighted to let you know that your submitted photo has been selected for inclusion in the newly released eighth edition of our Schmap Vancouver Guide: Oppenheimer Park www.schmap.com/vancouver/sights_parks/p=65638/i=65638_10.jpg If you use an iPhone or iPod touch, then this same link will take you directly to your photo in the iPhone version of our guide. On a desktop computer, you can still see exactly how your photo is displayed and credited in the iPhone version of our guide at: Oppenheimer Park www.schmap.com/?m=iphone#uid=vancouver&sid=sights_parks&p=65638&i=65638_10 Finally, if you have a blog, you might also like to check out the customizable widgetized version of our Schmap Vancouver Guide, complete with your published photo: www.schmap.com/guidewidgets/p=33184676N04/c=SL28032253 Thanks so much for letting us include your photo – please enjoy the guide! Best regards, Emma Williams, Managing Editor, Schmap Guides www.schmap.me/emma.jwilliams/ P.S. We’re now tweeting Vancouver restaurant and bar picks at www.twitter.com/vancouverpicks If you’ve a favorite you’d like us to tweet, please visit www.schmap.me/picks/vancouver

From:

Emma J. Williams Emma Williams

Subject:

Schmap Vancouver Eighth Edition: Photo Inclusion

Hi AHA Media,I am delighted to let you know that your submitted photo has been selected for inclusion in the newly released eighth edition of our Schmap Vancouver Guide:

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Oppenheimer Park
www.schmap.com/vancouver/sights_parks/p=65638/i=65638_10.jpg

If you use an iPhone or iPod touch, then this same link will take you directly to your photo in the iPhone version of our guide. On a desktop computer, you can still see exactly how your photo is displayed and credited in the iPhone version of our guide at:

Oppenheimer Park
www.schmap.com/?m=iphone#uid=vancouver&sid=sights_parks&p=65638&i=65638_10

Finally, if you have a blog, you might also like to check out the customizable widgetized version of our Schmap Vancouver Guide, complete with your published photo:

www.schmap.com/guidewidgets/p=33184676N04/c=SL28032253

Thanks so much for letting us include your photo – please enjoy the guide!

Best regards,

Emma Williams,
Managing Editor, Schmap Guides
www.schmap.me/emma.jwilliams/

P.S. We’re now tweeting Vancouver restaurant and bar picks at
www.twitter.com/vancouverpicks
If you’ve a favorite you’d like us to tweet, please visit
www.schmap.me/picks/vancouver

Categories: AHA Media, April Smith, Citizen Journalism, Downtown Eastside, DTES, Hyper Local Citizen Journalism, Ken Glofcheskie, Media Coverage, Mobile Cameraphone Film and Video, Mobile Media Production, New Media, Oppenheimer Park, Social Media, Twitter, Vancouver, Vancouver Downtown Eastside

AHA MEDIA on Public Bus, where Bus driver calls 911 to report on Bike Theft in progress!

August 25, 2009 ahamedia Leave a comment

AHA MEDIA was riding on the Cambie #15 Bus back downtown to the East Side.

During a 10 minute break near the Vancouver Public Library, the bus driver calls 9-11 to report on a bike theft in progress.

The thieves had cut through the bike lock and chain with bolt cutters. Notice the man on the left hand side wearing a white sweatshirt still holding the bolt cutter.

Almost immediately, Vancouver Police showed up and caught the bike thieves in the act.

According to Stephen Hui, Technology and On-line Editor of the Georgia Straight …

Vancouver police are warning the public about a recent “spike” in bicycle thefts.

According to police, 257 bikes were reported stolen between July 31 and August 21. That’s up from the 167 bikes reported stolen during the same period last year.

This year, 1,417 bikes have been stolen so far. In 2008, 1,596 bikes were stolen.

Police say both residential and commercial areas are being targeted.

Please see Stephen Hui’s article at http://tinyurl.com/njxupz

Categories: AHA Media, April Smith, Citizen Journalism, Downtown, Hyper Local Citizen Journalism, Media Coverage, New Media, Peter Davies, Social Media, Twitter, Vancouver Police

AHA MEDIA sees Vancouver Police officers riding horses on Carrall Street Greenway in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)

August 24, 2009 ahamedia 1 comment

On a bright weekend day, AHA MEDIA sees Vancouver Police officers riding horses on Carrall Street Greenway in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)

In this video, Vancouver Police on Horses amble along the newly renovated Carrall Street Greenway in Vancouver Downtown Eastside ( DTES )

This was filmed by April Smith of AHA MEDIA on a Nokia N95 mobile cameraphone. April is passionate and skilled in making Nokia films by exploring mobile media production through the camera lens of a cellphone. For a better quality version of this video, please DM April Smith @AprilFilms on Twitter.

In this video, Vancouver Police tells off a guy on the newly renovated Carrall Street Greenway in Vancouver Downtown Eastside ( DTES )

Vancouver Police on Horses 21

In this video, Vancouver Police on Horses engae with the community on Carrall Street Greenway in Vancouver Downtown Eastside ( DTES )

Please see all 31 photos on Flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahamedia/sets/72157622008518245/

Categories: AHA Media, April Smith, Carrall Street, Citizen Journalism, Downtown Eastside, DTES, Hastings Street, Hyper Local Citizen Journalism, Media Coverage, Mobile Cameraphone Film and Video, Mobile Media Production, New Media, Nokia N95, Peter Davies, Social Media, Twitter, Vancouver, Vancouver Downtown Eastside, Vancouver Police

AHA MEDIA was pleased to film Lorraine Murphy at WordCamp Fraser Valley at SFU Surrey Campus

August 24, 2009 ahamedia 2 comments

AHA MEDIA was very pleased to film and document Lorraine Murphy of www.raincoaster.com during her presentation at WordCamp Fraser Valley at SFU Surrey Campus

AHA MEDIA is proud to have Lorraine Murphy as a good friend and mentor when it comes to social media and blogging with WordPress!

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Every 20 seconds a new WordPress blog comes online. WordPress is the most used blogging software in the World with millions of users across the globe. It makes creating and managing a blog easy with an intuitive user interface.

This event is for anyone that has an interest in blogging and WordPress in general. Beginners will learn more about what blogging is and what WordPress software can do. Expert WordPress users will be able to network and learn from other expert bloggers

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The follow videos are of Lorraine Murphy’s presentation at WordCamp FraserValley 2009 These were filmed by April Smith of AHA MEDIA on a Nokia N95 mobile cameraphone. April is passionate and skilled in making Nokia films by exploring mobile media production through the camera lens of a cellphone. For a better quality version of this video, please DM April Smith @AprilFilms on Twitter.